Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Forget 'woke' Cracker Barrel. I'll stick with Steak 'n Shake.

Cracker Barrel executives' decision to rip out the restaurant chain's country roots has come at a high cost as patriotism surges in America. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Aug 27 2025

 
The new Cracker Barrel logo already appears on menus and paper wraps for cutlery on Aug. 22, 2025, in Fishers, Indiana.

Cracker Barrel executives' decision to rip out the restaurant chain's country roots has come at a high cost as patriotism surges in America.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles.
 

Why are liberals so weird? Dems get memo on how to speak 'normal.'

Democrats' woke bloviating is a symptom of a much deeper problem. They no longer have a coherent set of principles.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement via Instagram on Aug. 26, 2025.
 

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married. Stay calm, America.

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!!! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married and it is quite literally the only thing that matters.

President Barack Obama and military leaders brief reporters at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in 2015.
 

Republicans used to dislike presidential overreach. Now, not so much.

There was a time when Republicans spread panic over President Barack Obama doing military exercises. Now they cheer Trump's use of military.

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington, DC.
 

Trump will invade Chicago next. And Republicans will let him.

We're now learning President Donald Trump plans to take his faux-tough-guy Authoritarian Road Show to the great midwestern city of Chicago.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive to hold a joint news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025.
 

As part of peace deal, Russia must return abducted Ukrainian kids

Thanks to first lady Melania Trump's letter to Russian President Putin, kidnapped Ukrainian children emerge as a key part of any deal to end war

Pro-vaping demonstrators rally outside the White House in Washington DC in 2019. In 2020, the first Trump administration announced it will ban fruit- and mint-flavored products used in electronic cigarettes and vaping merchandise. In April 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned a lower court's decision that the Food and Drug Administration incorrectly blocked companies from selling fruit- and candy-flavored vaping products.
 

Flavored vapes aren't a gateway to smoking. They helped me stop.

Nicotine gum didn't work for me. And tobacco-flavored vapes were disgusting. Flavored vapes helped me quit smoking after almost 20 years.

In the 1860s, more than half of Americans were farmers. In 2025, farming employs about 1%.
 

I studied debt-free to enter a growing profession. You should, too.

If we want a secure food supply, a resilient environment and a strong rural economy, we need to put agriculture back on the map as a career.

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